Who said anything about "quietly" keeping up our own guard? Vigilance does not exclude decency and I just don't believe in gratuitously inflicting pain on anyone, regardless of whether they deserve it. We all deserve something and should count ourselves fortunate in not getting what we deserve.
I doubt he will promise to mend his ways (whether sincerely or insincerely). After all, it seems clear that it will make no difference to the way he is treated. More likely, he will be forced to cling to his self-image as victim with increasing desperation. Probably with increasing obnoxiousness (but I doubt he will find a lawyer to represent him in any future litigation and frivolous pro se suits get shut down pretty quickly). In short, I think this treatment of him is not only inhumane but possibly counter-productive. Quite aside from what one thinks of this from a philosophic or ethical viewpoint, there may be a pragmatic argument for showing him some decency.
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Date: 2013-05-19 04:02 pm (UTC)I doubt he will promise to mend his ways (whether sincerely or insincerely). After all, it seems clear that it will make no difference to the way he is treated. More likely, he will be forced to cling to his self-image as victim with increasing desperation. Probably with increasing obnoxiousness (but I doubt he will find a lawyer to represent him in any future litigation and frivolous pro se suits get shut down pretty quickly). In short, I think this treatment of him is not only inhumane but possibly counter-productive. Quite aside from what one thinks of this from a philosophic or ethical viewpoint, there may be a pragmatic argument for showing him some decency.